ecosystem crossword

4. An organism that breaks down dead plants and animals.
5. _______is a necessary part of the food chain because it allows all parts of the food chain to use power to work.
7. An animal or other organism that hunts and kills other organisms primarily for food.
9. The living things that are part of an ecosystem.
17. An example of a predator.
18. A large, barren region with no trees.
20. When something disturbs nature’s normal workings.
21. The most important source of energy in an ecosystem.
22. These parts of an ecosystem do not grow, eat, or reproduce. They include rock,soil,sand,sunlight,and water.
23. These parts of an ecosystem grow, change, produce waste, reproduce, and die. Some examples are plants, animals, fungi, and bacteria.
24. All the parts of the ecosystem that come together to help each other thrive.
27. __________get their energy by eating plants and other animals.
28. An area of land that mostly contains grass and has little rain.
29. The word for leftover food in the food chain.
30. All of the living and nonliving things that surround and affect an organism.

1. A community of organisms and the environment in which they live.
2. An animal that is hunted and killed by a predator for food.
3. A dry, often sandy area, where hardly any plants grow because there is so little rain.
6. _______ get their energy by eating plants.
8. The order in which organisms, or living things, depend on each other for food.
10. The role that a plant or animal plays in its habitat.
11. Organisms that make their own food.
12. The natural interconnection of food chains.
13. The process in which green plants use sunlight to make their own food.
14. An area with tall trees, warm climate, and a lot of rain.
15. A kind of decomposer that you sometimes eat.
16. The specific place where an organism lives and can find everything it needs to survive.
19. _______get their energy from eating meat or other animals.
25. A living thing that cannot make its own food and must eat other living things.
26. All the organisms of the same kind that live together in a given way.